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States May Soon Get $2.3B for Elections
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| Contributor | Gerald Farinas |
| Last Edited | Gerald Farinas Feb 21, 2004 05:12pm |
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| Media | Website - Yahoo News: Iran |
| News Date | Saturday, February 21, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | States May Soon Get $2.3B for Elections
A long-awaited $2.3 billion in federal funds should be flowing to states by mid-May to help buy new voting-booth equipment and make other election improvements, the head of an electoral reform commission says.
About $650 million already has been provided to the states. An additional $2.3 billion has been appropriated by Congress, but was set aside pending creation of the four-member Election Assistance Commission.
DeForest B. Soaries, the commission's chairman, said the various state plans for using the money will be published soon in the Federal Register with funds to be disbursed 45 days after that — or about the middle of May.
Congress in 2002 authorized $3.86 billion over three years to help states modernize their election systems and created the commission to disburse the funds and establish voluntary standards for states on how elections should be conducted. State election officials said that while many improvements have been made, the delay in getting the federal money has prevented the purchase of new technology and other needed changes.
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